TOKYO (AP) — Yoichi Masuzoe, a former health minister backed by Japan’s ruling party, won Tokyo’s gubernatorial election on Sunday, defeating two candidates who had promised to end nuclear power.

Masuzoe’s victory was declared in exit polls on public broadcaster NHK within minutes after voting closed. Masuzoe, 65, appeared smiling before cameras, with his supporters shouting “Banzai,” and promised to make Tokyo “the Login to read more